Biden Visits Mass. To Rebuild Ties With Supporters

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: U.S.Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a Domestic Violence Awareness Month event in the East Room of the White House October 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama announced new and unprecedented cooperation between the departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Treasury, Labor and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect victims of abuse and provide resources for families and communities to prevent abuse. Guests invited to the event included advocates, women�s and fatherhood groups, faith leaders and law enforcement agencies. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Vice President Joe Biden (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

BOSTON (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Massachusetts to help rally the Democratic political donors and foot soldiers he and President Barack Obama will need to win reelection next year.

Gov. Deval Patrick, who has pledged to campaign on behalf of Obama, was planning to attend one of the two meetings Biden scheduled in Boston on Monday.

Patrick said that Massachusetts was good to the Obama/Biden ticket during the 2008 election cycle and the administration has been good to Massachusetts since.

The Democratic governor said Biden is visiting the state to refresh those relationships and rally party organizers for the coming election cycle.

Patrick is a strong supporter of Obama and is forming his own national political action committee to pay for his campaign travels on behalf of the president.
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So Biden is here to rally the “foot soldiers”, eh? Isn’t that just a polite way of saying he’s rallying the union thugs, the brown shirts, to do their dirty work and bring hatred and violence into the campaign?